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Magic
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A Terrifying Love Story
Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins is Corky, a painfully shy, failed magician who finds overnight success as a ventriloquist. His brash, foul-mouthed dummy, Fats, becomes a huge nightclub hit. With his star on the rise, talent agent Ben Greene arranges an important shot at national TV. But the pressure of failing the network's required physical sends Corky into a panic. With Fats in tow, he fIees the city to a nearIy-deserted resort in the Catskills run by the Iove of his youth, Peggy Ann Snow .
Peg's spent years trapped in a IoveIess marriage with her high-schooI sweetheart, Duke. ln Corky, she sees the chance for a Ioving relationship and accepts an offer to run away with him. After they make love, Corky confides to Fats that he may leave show business altogether. Fats becomes furious and lashes out at him, playing on his guiIt and insecurity Now under Fats' control, Corky is manipuIated into a series of vioIent and unexpected confrontations.
Based on the best-selling noveI by WiIliam Goldman and directed by Sir Richard Attenborough Magic's stelIar performances and shocking concIusion make for gripping suspense from beginning to end. |
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